.........and that is the exact opposite of what should be happening. I've been running 3 times a week for about 3 weeks now, and surely logic dictates that I should find it easier to do. Going by the past week, that isn't happening. The first run was reasonable enough, I managed to get another 3.5 mile run in before work on Tuesday in a similar sort of time to what I've been achieving so far. Things went a little wrong on Thursday morning though.
I woke up at 4.30am, and literally had to drag myself out of bed. I hadn't slept too well, and felt absolutely exhausted (I think the 4.30am starts, and 3-4 hours spent driving up and down the M6 every day is starting to get to me). Still, I pushed on, and went out for a run, planning on doing my usual route. The only conscious difference was that I left my knee support at home to try and gauge whether my knee was improving, and whether I would need it for the big day or not. I ran for about a mile or so, but then just felt physically drained. I tried to push on, but couldn't push myself to run at a reasonable pace. I somehow dragged myself around the route, then got in and got ready for work. It wasn't a good run, and I still haven't looked at my Nike + wristband to see how long it took me. The only positive from this was my knee didn't give way completely - but I think I'll carry on using it for now.
Sunday morning's run was marginally better, but still had it's fair share of problems. Tiredness was one of them (having been out on Saturday night for a stag do), but the unexpected problem for me was the change of weather. When I left the house, it was grey and cloudy. The sun quickly burnt through the cloud, and having next to no breeze made for uncomfortable running conditions. Luckily, there were no problems with my knee this time, but fatigue set in fairly quickly, and I did stop and walk a couple of small distances - something I had avoided doing the past couple of weeks. I also wasn't completely prepared - I hadn't looked up my route properly, so ended up missing a turn. This wasn't a problem as such - but I tend to memorise a route in an area I don't know very well - so this forces me to stay on track, and I don't deviate from the route for the fear of getting lost. I didn't get too lost when I missed my turn, but my run ended up being half a mile shorter than I had wanted it to.
The run was by no means a disaster (although I haven't checked to see how long it took me) - all in all, I managed 7.5 miles - but it could have been better, and the improvements I should have seen in the past few weeks just weren't there. Let's hope this week goes better!!!
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